Dental burr holder



Q'C 1929- \J. M. HOTHERSALL ET AL 0 8 5 DENTAL wan HOLDER Filed March 5, 1923 i atented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED "sTA A 1,705,815 E's, PA ENT E- Joann/L HOTI-IERSALL, or BROOKLYN, AND VICTOR onouisr, or YoivKEns, NEW YORK,ASSIG1\TORS TO AMERICAN can COMPANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

. DENTAL BURB HOLDER.

Application fild March 5, 1923.;Seria1 no. 622,873.

Ourinvention relates to receptacles for small articles, such as. dental burrs, or other tools, and has for a principal object the provision of a receptacle of this character, of sheet metal, in, the form of a block pro .vided with a series of pockets adapted to receive and hold the articles in separated relationship. I

A further important object is the pro.- vision of a holder block of this character 7 in which the pockets are formed without the necessity of perforating the material, or using material of expensive type or'construction.

A further object is the provision of a device of this character in which thepockets may be formed of different depths whereby. they are adapted to hold articles of different size, with portions thereof exposed andadapted to be readily grasped fOITGHlOVtLl of the article. p

A further object is the provision of a holder block of unitary form composed of a plurality of parts arranged and held insuch manner as to constitute, to all intents and purposes, a solidly constructed member. ther objectsand advantages of the in vention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accom panying. drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof. l

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a holderv block constructed in accordance with ourinvention, a part thereof being broken away for convenience in illustration;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the holder arranged in upright position, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the sheet metal units with the spreader member shown in separated relationship.

1 The structure shown on the drawings, for purposes of illustration, comprises primarily a container '11, which, as shown, is of'rather large and shallow form and has disposed therein a series of sheet metal units 12, which are so formed as to provide pockets 13 for the articles when said units are arranged side by side, as shown in'Fig. 1.

tainer. Side units 18 and 19 are provided adjacent the container wall 21, which eX- tends above, the, surface provided by the tops of'the sheet metal units, and is slightly bent over, or curled, as shown'at 22, to hold the units in exact position and prevent easy removal thereof. i V

The side walls, or flanges, leans 17 "are embossed to provide grooves 23, which are of U-shape and may bevaried in length for articlesof different size." .These grooves terminate within the edge of the wall to form bottoms for the pockets and, as shown, certain grooves, indicated by the reference character 24:, arerelatively short, itbeing understood that any size or arrangement may be employed, in accordance with the pocket size desired. I

\Vhen-the unitsare inserted in the container, adjacent grooves are brought into A spacing member 26 is positioned be tween the side walls 16 and 17. and,"as shown, is formed to engage said walls substantially along the line defined by the bot-,

toms of the pockets. 'In order that these members may beheld inplace, an end poi tion 27 is disposed between two of the grooves 23 and, it will be'noted, that the opposite end 28 of the member is bent upwardly to the plane of the bottoms of the grooves 24:- End plates 29 may be employed to hold said units in desired fixed positions if and notches 31 may be provided in the ends of the wall parts 16 and 17 to facilitate the removal of the units 12. Indentations 32 may be employed in the top of said members.12'to indicate a line of division between the pockets of different size.

It is-thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from. the foregoing description, and it-will be apparent that various changes may bemade in theform, construction and tially continuous surface arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

We claim: p

1. A sheet metal holder for small articles, comprising a container, a series of separate units disposed side by side within the container and having side flanges correspondingly grooved, said units forming a substanwith adjacent grooves together forming pockets adapted to hold the articles in separated relationship, and spacing members between the flanges of said units.

7 2. A sheet metal holder for small articles, comprising a container, and a series of separate units disposed side by side Within the container and having side flanges of sheet metal correspondingly embossed to form grooves, said units forming a substantially continuous top surface within the container with adjacent grooves together forming pockets of varying depth adapted to hold articles of different size in separated relationship.

3. A sheet metal holder for small articles, comprising a container, a series of separate units disposed side by side within the container and having side fianges correspondingly grooved, said units forming a substantially continuous surface Within the container with adjacent grooves together forming pockets of varying depth adapted to hold articles of differentsize in separated relationship and spacing members arranged between the flanges of said units and en-- gaging the same substantially along the line defined by the lower ends of said pockets. 40

4-. A sheet metal holder for small articles, comprising a series of inwardly flanged sheet metal units bent and thereby provided with U-shaped grooves extending inward at an acute angle to the front formed by the units, said grooves being adapted to be arranged in registration and terminating within the flange edges to form a series of pocketsfor the articles, and a container in which the units appropriate to the tools to be held and displayed are kept in cooperative r'elationship.

5. A sheet metal holder for small articles, comprising a series of inwardly flanged sheet metal units provided withrinclined grooves adapted to be arranged is registration to form a series of pockets for the articles, and a spreader member disposed between the flanges of a unit and formed to register With the bottoms of the inclined pockets, and a container in which the units appropriate to the tools to be held and displayed are kept in cooperative relationship.

JOHN M. HOTHERSALL. VICTOR ODQUIST. 

